Fighting Sangars and Túir Faire (Watchtowers) were part of an ongoing body of work exploring the concept and reality of borders, specifically the border created 100 years ago by the Partition of Ireland and my response to the Watchtower ‘structures’ that once commanded such a presence.

They became part of a ‘border identity’ and in turn, formed part of my national identity. These surveillance structures were built to make a mark in the landscape, a manifestation of presence and control. The watchtowers and roadblocks that indicated the presence of the British state along the border between the six counties of Northern Ireland and the rest of the island were dismantled over the course of the last two decades.These thirteen pieces explore the architectural drawings of the thirteen outlook posts dotted along the south Armagh border.The circle is prevalent throughout all the work as it is synonymous of the night vision camera lens used by the army. I managed to obtain architectural drawings of the watchtowers from the Ministry of Defence and they are referenced throughout the work.
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